The National Portrait Gallery brings together an unprecedented number of artworks from Lucien Freud, one of the 20th century's most prominent figurative painters. Tracing the creative process from sketches to completed paintings, this exhibition creates a tender portrayal of the life cycle and the art of portrait.

Writer Madeleine Rick explores the phenomenon of Australian 'cultural cringe' and notions of home, featuring a conversation with King's College London Professor Alana Harris.